[dba-Tech] Dell Latitude E7240 Ultrabook question

[Dan Waters]

Hi Arthur,

This new laptop sounds great!  Seems like it should have some kind of warranty period from the seller - or I thing you can buy a warranty from perhaps SquareTrade?

I think that you can do a Google search for 'Latitude E7240 Specifications' to get all the data you'll need to make sure this is right for you.

You can connect your 1TB hard drive to your laptop as an external drive.  First, you'll need an enclosure that you put the 1TB drive into.  That enclosure will connect to the laptop using a USB cable.  I've had two of these and they are great for the occasional use.

On Amazon I searched on '2.5 hard drive enclosure' and found many of these that are under $10.  All the ones I've had branded NexStar Vantec and they've all worked without failure (at least that I did not cause!).

Good Luck!
Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: February 24, 2018 10:45
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Dell Latitude E7240 Ultrabook question

I'm looking at one of these on eBay, refurbished by Dell, for a good price.
My question(s) concern the ports available (the illustration does not make it clear).

Can one connect an external monitor?
How many USB ports does it have? (Actually I need just one, since I have a 10-port bar to attach.
And one last question: the Dell Inspiron it will replace contains a 1TB hard disk. The motherboard and CPU both got fried during an area-wide electrical outage; the hard disk is still good. Is there any way to remove said hard disk and connect it to the proposed new Ultrabook, at least long enough to copy everything from it?

Two big selling points on this machine are: 1) 250gb SSD and 2) both Windows 10 and Office 2016 are pre-installed and of course licensed. I really want to experience booting from an SSD!
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Arthur
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